Highlights from the Weekend – August 8th, 2016

There are only four days of work between me and a 10-day vacation! While I’m looking forward to Friday, I definitely wasn’t ready for the weekend to end.  Even though we woke up groggy and a tired since we stayed up too late catching up on Homeland, we kicked off the week on a strong note with an intense boxing class at Church Street Boxing Gym (<–save $20 off ClassPass with this code).

I thought it’d be fun to share some highlights from our weekend with you guys to start off the week.

Reading – As I previously mentioned, I’m in love with my Brooklyn Public Library card. While I know that I can also rent books on my Kindle/iPad, I am really enjoying reading the physical book. I read Jane Green’s new book Falling this weekend and am about 100 pages into American Wife. I am still not in love with the book but am going to stick with it.

Grilling – We had enjoyed a spur of the moment dinner at our friends house on Saturday night which included lots of Olympics watching, burger eating and laughter. This hamburger was one of the best I’ve ever eaten – at home or at a restaurant – due to the mix of meats, seasoning and Challah bread buns!

Relaxing – I woke up Friday, Saturday and Sunday without an alarm and spent the first few hours of Saturday and Sunday relaxing at home. It’s been ages since I’ve had the opportunity to relax like this and it was such a treat. Sunday morning we went to our favorite neighborhood coffee shop,  Smith Canteen, and enjoyed iced coffee, savory quinoa bowl and read the paper.

Ice Cream – Sunday’s warm weather beckoned us to enjoy ice cream. After recently discovered a new, neighborhood ice cream shop, we used last night’s heat and humidity as an excuse to finally try it. Blossom serves the Thai style hand-rolled ice cream which hit the Manhattan ice cream scene last Summer. I wasn’t sure what to expect but after enjoying last night’s Classic Cooler which combines banana, oreo and caramel in multiple, delicious rolls, I will definitely be back. They have a menu with 12 signature combinations but customers can create their own as well as add toppings for the $6.50 price. Have you tried hand-rolled ice cream yet? 

Bike Riding – For some unknown reason, I haven’t been on my bike this season. For the past three Summers I rode my bike an average of once a week but this year I forgot that riding was even an option. When Bo suggested we go for a ride in Prospect Park to shake out our legs after Saturday’s run, I eagerly agreed. Even though I only rode 17 miles yesterday I really enjoyed the Prospect Park loop and the number of bike lanes available to bikers in Brooklyn. Now, who wants to join me for a ride sometime because I definitely can’t keep up with Bo’s pace!